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give as you will be given

1 Peter 3:8-9 (JDV)

1 Peter 3:8 Finally, all of you be harmonious and sympathetic, love one another, and be compassionate and humble,
1 Peter 3:9 not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you may inherit a blessing.

give as you will be given

Peter had called on husbands and wives to practice mutual and reciprocal submission and honor. He now calls on all believers to practice that lifestyle. In fact, he tells believers not to treat others as others treat them. He tells them to treat others the way God has treated them. He has by his grace given us a blessing as an inheritance. So, Peter tells them all to give a blessing to others, because that is what God has done to them.